page_title: Cameron County, Texas
section_title: Towns
hierarchical_section_title: Cameron County, Texas / Communities / Towns
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a picture of the 1912 Courthouse now known as the Oscar Dancy Courthouse in Brownsville, Texas, United States. It served as Cameron County Courthouse until approximately 1980, when a new county courthouse was dedicated on Harrison Street. In October 2006, the Dancy Building was re-dedicated as the Cameron County Courthouse. It currently houses the Commissioners' Court chamber, and offices for various county officials.
context_page_description: Cameron County, officially the County of Cameron, is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 406,220. Its county seat is Brownsville.
  The county was founded in 1848 and is named for Captain Ewen Cameron, a soldier during the Texas Revolution and in the ill-fated Mier Expedition. During the later 19th century and through World War II, Fort Brown was a US Army outpost here, stimulating the development of the city of Brownsville.
  Cameron County is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville, TX Combined Statistical Area, which itself is part of the larger Rio Grande Valley region.
context_section_description: Bayview
  Combes
  Indian Lake
  Laguna Vista
  Los Indios
  Primera
  Rancho Viejo
  Santa Rosa
  South Padre Island
caption: A picture of the Cameron County Courthouse (1912), the Dancy Building, in Brownsville, Texas which served as the County Courthouse before the construction of the current Courthouse. It was restored in 2006 and now houses County Court at Law No 1 as well as some county offices.
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